In 1999, groups of open source software users staged an international protest against Microsoft. They demanded a refund for something they didn’t want, but were forced to pay for: Microsoft Windows 98. Today’s video examines one of these protests, which occurred in California’s Silicon Valley, and the battle that these users fought to get their […]
Architectural history in an era of capitalist ruin WE LIKE TO THINK OF BUILDINGS as being permanent, unchanging. They feel permanent; after all, it is part of a building’s basic purpose, reliably sheltering us from the elements. But the unfortunate truth is that most buildings do not last long. It might shock you to learn that […]
Between 1964 and 1965 there occurred a scandal that few remember now, almost as if it has slipped from the popular memory. Known as The Bronswik Affair, it started when normal members of the public began to exhibit strange behaviour, such as the housewife who fed forty-seven packets of washing powder into her washing machine […]
This article is a translation of “¿Qué es el Retrocapitalismo?,” published in El Libertario on the 3rd of June 2019. I loosely place my first retrocapitalist experience by the time when found out about the eight bits music (aka chiptune). I can’t recall how, but found the album The 8 Bits of Christmas, with soundtracks […]
It’s no secret that ever since the 2000s, several retail chain stores have experienced financial setbacks. These hardships only became worse after the financial crisis of 2008 and the rise of online shopping thanks to Amazon. Today, stores such as Sears, Kmart, Circuit City and Toys R Us have closed most of their locations or gone out of business. […]
We love The Morning Blend. Every once in a while, when someone cancels at the last minute and The Morning Blend has five minutes to fill, we drop by The Morning Blend and talk about whatever. Sometimes we talk about upcoming shows. Sometimes we talk about fishing. Today, we talked about dead malls. Yes, in case you missed our recent pieces on the redeveloping Bayshore mall and […]
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Por Cristian Mancilla Intuitivamente, ubico mi primera experiencia retrocapitalista en el tiempo cuando descubrí la música de ocho bits (chiptune). No recuerdo cómo, encontré el álbum The 8 Bits of Christmas, con temas aportados por un grupo de colaboradores bajo el nombre de «The 8 Bit People». Esto ocurrió el año 2006, mientras me acercaba al […]
